Catching up with Steve Byrne

Jun. 6, 2013

Comedian Steve Byrne / Jerod Harris/WireImage

Written by

Gayle Jo Carter

“I feel happier, I don’t go out as much as I used to, I don’t drink as much as I used to. I’m saving a lot of money,” says comedian Steve Byrne, whose life has changed since he became a dad last year. And then there’s his newfound TV success with his sitcom, Sullivan & Son — Season 2 premieres June 13.

Using his family as a “template,” Byrne, 38, credits his mixed heritage for a lot of the funny in the TBS series. So which is good for more laughs, his Irish father or his Korean mother? “The Irish side is funnier, but without the Korean side, I wouldn’t work as hard, so they complement each other.”